Apple, Amazon, Google join bidding for Toshiba chip unit


  • TECH
  • Monday, 03 Apr 2017

Toshiba shareholders agreed to split off its NAND flash memory business.

TOKYO: Apple Inc, Amazon.com Inc and Google have joined bidding for Toshiba's NAND flash memory unit, vying with others for the Japanese firm's prized semiconductor operation, the Yomiuri Shimbun daily reported on Saturday.

Toshiba shareholders on Thursday agreed to split off its NAND flash memory business, paving the way for a sale to raise at least US$9bil (RM39.8bil) to cover US nuclear unit charges that threaten the conglomerate's future.

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